Novel Reviews

Novel Review | The List by Sherri Lewis

Posted on June 2, 2009. Filed under: Novel Reviews, urban fiction | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

One of my latest reads was The List by Sherri Lewis. When I saw the title on the shelf, I quickly picked it up and purchased it. I have read two other titles by Sherri Lewis – Dance into Destiny and My Soul Cries Out. The title “The List” caught my attention because making a [...]

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Novel Review | Married Strangers by Dwan Abram

Posted on June 2, 2009. Filed under: Novel Reviews | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Married Strangers is the first title that I’ve read by Dwan Abrams. I had high hopes for the book. I hear so many married people talking about how they feel like they no longer really know the person they are married to, as if they married a stranger. So, I was eager to jump into [...]

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Book Review | Manjani by Freedom Speaks Diaspora

Posted on March 27, 2009. Filed under: Novel Reviews, urban fiction | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

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Manjani is a new and riveting novel by an author by the name of Freedom Speaks Diaspora. From the beginning of the novel, the heroine, Manjani, springs to life as she describes how she was “born conscious.” From [...]

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Book Review | A Man’s Worth by Nikita Lynnette Nichols

Posted on December 1, 2008. Filed under: Novel Reviews | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

I have long been a fan of novels published by Urban Christian “The Finest In Christian Fiction” but I had not read any new titles in a while. Low and behold I was browsing through the aisle of the book store and I spotted a new title, A Man’s Worth by Nikita Lynnette Nichols. What [...]

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Novel Review | The Street Lawyer by John Grisham

Posted on November 11, 2008. Filed under: Novel Reviews | Tags: , , , , , |

Traveling means reading! I love to read when flying, but I forgot to pick up a book. Luckily, they have convenient little bookstores in the airport! Well, I was being cheap so I picked up a less expensive paperback- The Street Lawyer by John Grisham. It cost me $7.99 and it was a very good [...]

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Novel Review | Twisted by Tracy Brown

Posted on October 4, 2008. Filed under: Novel Reviews, urban fiction | Tags: , , , , , |

I enjoyed Tracy Brown’s novel White Lines so much that I decided to pick up another title by her to see if it was just a fluke! Nope, it wasn’t. Twisted was a great read as well. In Twisted, we get a more intricate look at the money, glitter, and glam, that pulls people into [...]

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Novel Review | White Lines by Tracy Brown

Posted on October 4, 2008. Filed under: Novel Reviews, urban fiction | Tags: , , , , , , , , |

I don’t normally read urban novels that are, well, overly urban because I can’t relate to them & I often feel like they are glorifying the street life. However, I was in the airport waiting on a flight, looking for  a way to kill time & I happened to pick up a novel called “White [...]

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Book Review | Comeback Season by Cathy Day

Posted on June 15, 2008. Filed under: Novel Reviews | Tags: , , , , , , |

Comeback Season by Cathy Day is a good read for any thirty-something woman who has found herself questioning her choice of career over love. While the main character in the novel longs for a real relationship and a family, she finds herself alone in Pittsburgh facing a dismal dating scene. For many women, the heavy [...]

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Novel Review | Passin’ by Karen E. Quinones Miller

Posted on May 3, 2008. Filed under: Novel Reviews | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

The latest novel by Essence Bestselling Author Karen E. Quinones Miller is entitled Passin‘. As the title implies, the fiction novel centers around a fair-skinned, blue-eyed young black woman who, initially for career reasons, decides to pass for white. She moves to New York and starts a new career, takes on love interests, and successfully [...]

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Novel Review: Steve the Penguin by Mahlena Rae Johnson

Posted on March 26, 2008. Filed under: Novel Reviews | Tags: , , , , , , |

Yesterday I was lucky enough to get my hands on a copy of a funny new novel entitled Steve the Penguinby Mahlena-Rae Johnson. I related to the book so well and found it so interesting that I did something that I haven’t done in quite a while; I finished the 189-page book in less than [...]

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